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What XC Ottawa was up to this past year!

A runner can run on a track and have a pretty accurate measure of how he/she is progressing. A cyclist can measure wattage. A skier tries to measure performance with things like roller skiing time trials and uphill running tests, but nothing is really ski

Chandra was on hand at Fresh Air this weekend to meet the next generation of XC Skiers. If you have a photo to share, send it along.

An overdue report about Karl and Megan's trip to the US Nationals 30km/50km races at Craftsbury.

Groomers from across the country are working with Dirk to prepare the Whistler Olympic Park for the up coming World Cups including Rob Lafleur who’s company raised the standard in the Gatineau Park!

Some familiar faces wearing XC Ottawa colours this year...time for a few introductions.

This is probably a bit late in terms of a season review; the ‘season’ – race season – has been over for just under a month. That’s indicative, though, of how this season has gone..

The site opened mid-December, and I had a chance to ski it this weekend. I should note that the name of the actual facility is the ‘Whistler Olympic Park’.

Do you support a varsity ski team at the University of Ottawa?

Ski boots have a screw at the front that connects the hard plastic sole to the boot part. I had managed to wear away all the material around this screw as well as the other connecting material so that my boot was no longer connected to the sole near the binding.